Beyond the PewBeyond the Pew Next Sunday! Benefit Concert for Hope For All - Rwanda… Get Your Tickets Today!

Next Sunday, January 25 at 12:30 p.m., Open Doors Ministry will host a benefit concert featuring Dr. Osvaldo Vena and the “S ll A Dream” band and catered lunch supported by Clara’s restaurant. Tickets are $10/person or $25/family (3 or more), on sale today. A freewill offering for Hope For All is also appre-ciated. Dona ons by check should be made out to Grace UMC, with “Erin Powell - Hope For All: Dona on” on the memo line. Ticket money is NOT tax-deduc ble, but addi onal freewill offerings are. Checks wri en for ck-ets should have “ ckets” wri en on the memo, while checks for a dona on should note “dona on” (see full memo nota on above). All proceeds benefit Hope For All - Rwanda. Dr. Vena and his band have given their gi of music previously at Grace, much to our en-joyment! Get your ckets today!

This Tuesday, January 20, Grace United Methodist Women will host their January General Mee ng at 9:00 a.m. in Fellow-

ship Hall. Pastor Ma hew Johnson will be the guest speaker, sharing what he’s doing in the community, on social media, and

at Grace Church, and we’ll also have our 2015 pledge service. Come to-gether to pray, learn, serve, have fellowship, and commit to doing our part in 2015. New women are welcome with open arms! Let us also take the Circle Challenge: whichever of our five women’s circles (Martha-Esther, Mary, Priscilla, Ruth and Sarah) has the greatest a endance at this mee ng will be given the op-portunity to designate a por on of our giving. Martha-Esther Meets Next Week Martha-Esther Circle meets next Monday, Jan-uary 26, 7:00-8:30 p.m. at Chris St. John’s (543 Stanhope Ct. in Naperville). Julie Cunningham will demonstrate all the ways to e fashionable scarves and how to achieve these great looks. Preschool and elementary aged children are welcome to come play during the mee ng. Ques ons? Contact Chris at 630-548-5737.

How Can You Help? How Can You Help?

People Needed “Feed the Need” Sign-Ups Con nue Today! (see “For Your Informa on”) Support “Imagine No Malaria”—A end a Hockey Game! You may be aware that the beneficiary of our “Gi of Love” Christmas concert last month was “Imagine No Malaria,” a global effort to end suffering and death caused by malaria. Pro-gress is certainly being made, but more help is needed. Here’s a way that puts the FUN in FUNdraising! A end a Rockford IceHogs game on Saturday, February 7, 7:00 p.m. against the Milwaukee Admirals in Rockford, IL. Tickets are $15, with $5 from every cket benefi ng “Imagine No Malaria.” To print out, fill out, and mail an order form, visit www.peopleofgrace.org/missions BEFORE January 30! Or, you may order by phone with Nick at 815-847-6386. Tickets for this fundrais-er must be purchased in advance; they are not valid at the box office. AID Volunteers Needed The Associa on for Individual Development (AID) needs weekday day me volunteers to help empower adults with disabili es and special needs in a variety of ways: assistance with lunch me ac vi es, arts and cra s, computer coaching, cooking, exercise/fitness, gardening, community ou ng bud-dies, crisis line volunteers, and clerical assistance. Volunteer loca ons include Aurora, Elgin, Yorkville, and Batavia. Contact Maureen Spradlin at 630-966-4020 or mspradlin@the-associa on.org. Also needed are volunteers to answer phones at the 16th Annual AID Telethon on March 14, 2015 (2-hour me commitment). For the telethon, contact Wendy Bialek at 847-931-2294 or wbialek@ the-associa on.org. Find out more about the AID organiza on at www. the-associa on.org. Tutors for Refugee Immigrants Exodus World Service is looking for tutors to help refugees learn English as a Second Language and basic U.S. history and govern-ment on a weekly basis. Tutors and students o en develop deep friendships from their contact with one another. If you are interested in this mutually beneficial opportunity or you would like to learn more, please contact e-w-s.org or Ralph Keiser at 630-961-0869.

Items Needed Socks for Our Neighbors In Need The Grace Emmaus Community is providing socks for those in our area in need. Please donate socks of any style or color in sizes infant through adults—new socks only, please! There is a blue “BOX OF SOX” for your dona ons outside the Ac vity Center today and throughout the month of January. Let’s “sock it to ‘em” with clean, warm, dry pairs of socks! Dona ons to the “Souper Bowl of Caring” On Sunday, February 1, the biggest

game in sports will be broadcast on screens across the world. There will be par es with plen ful food and bever-age and warm homes in which to watch the game. There will also be those who are hungry and wondering when and how their next meal will come. Please watch for our

youth on Super Bowl Sunday a er worship services. They will be collec ng our dona ons for the “Souper Bowl of Caring,” a na onal youth effort to fight hunger. Please be generous to those for whom hunger is the biggest problem to tackle. Give to Grace Through E-Giving Grace’s online E-Giving tool allows you to fulfill your pledges in a way that is convenient, flexible and secure. You can give any me, 24/7, via your checking or savings account or credit/debit card. Click the “E-Giving” link found on eve-ry page of our website, peopleofgrace.org. Or scan this QR code with your smart device to instantly pledge via E-Giving to Grace’s opera ng budg-et, Capital Campaign, or various support/relief efforts as they arise.

5th/6th Grade Human Sexuality Class February 6-8 - Parent Mee ng This Wednesday This year, Grace’s Human Sexuality course for boys and girls in grades 5 and 6 will change from its usual six-week program to a weekend format on February 6-8 (Friday evening, Saturday morning, and Sunday a ernoon). There will be a parent orienta on session this Wednesday, January 21, 7:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Youth Teen Council Mee ng Today January 18, 10:45 a.m. in Room 234. Everyone inter-ested in joining or learning more about Youth Teen Council is welcome! Youth Adult/Advisory Council Tomorrow Evening January 19, 7:00 p.m. in Room 234. Help “Feed the Need”! Want to be part of a community-wide event to pack 800,000 meals for hungry children in two days? Sign up to help with the 2015 “Feed the Need” MobilePack event. Contact Gaye Lynn if you are interested in volunteering as a group on Monday, February 16. “Souper Bowl of Caring” Stay tuned for an all-church “play book” for tackling hunger! On Sunday, February 1, wear your favorite jersey (and kind, not just football...pro, col-lege, local school...even homemade with t-shirts and duct tape numbers). More infor-ma on to come, but be sure to save the date! “Do Hard Things” Contact Gaye Lynn if you’re interested in joining a “rebellion” group and to pick up your book. Minimal me commitment—valuable info and a fun read! Service Opportunity: Safety candle cups are in great need of prepara on for our Christ-mas Eve worship 2015 (yes, you read that right). Please contact Sharon Ferguson at 630-355-1748, ext. 3223, or pastorcare@peopleofgrace.org if you can help clean wax from the candle cups. Calling All Parents of Juniors in High School: Please prayerfully consider becoming part of the team that plans our tradi onal Senior Celebra on event for gradua ng high school seniors, this year on May 31. This is a minimal me commitment opportunity, and your child will reap the rewards next year at their Sr. Celebra on! Our first planning mee ng is Monday, January 26, 7:00 p.m. in Room 234. Please contact Gaye Lynn. Youth Summer Missions Planning Sunday, February 15, 11:00 a.m. in Room 234. Side-by-Side/Hope@Home Summer Missions Join us for our kick-off mee ng Sunday, February 22, 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. If you are in grades 6-8, you may join our Hope@Home mission; all 9-12th graders and college students are welcome to a end Side-by-Side. Adults are welcome and needed on both trips, too! High school juniors, if you’re planning to come on Side-by-Side this summer, please register NOW for your ACT on a date other than June 13-22!

CONFIRMATION CORNER: Lock-Up next Saturday, January 24, 4:00-9:00 p.m. Permission slips due today...Lock-Up chap-

erone/leader training this Tuesday, January 20, 7:00 p.m. in Room234...Mid-year reports (don’t worry; these are just a tool for you!) coming this week. Watch your snail mail, or pick them up in class...Weekend of Decision is on Sat-

urday/Sunday, April 25-26. All should plan to a end!

Children and Youth Children and Youth CHILDREN AND “GYM” (GRACE YOUTH MINISTRY) CONTACT INFORMATION

Margaret Harrison (infants-5th grade) 630-355-1748, ext. 3241, or gumcstory@peopleofgrace.org Gaye Lynn Loufek and John Dudich (grades 6-12 and college) 630-355-1748 (exts. 3234 and 3239)

Gaye Lynn: rglbhl@aol.com John: jdudich@gmail.com

PERIOD Nov. YTD

Fiscal Year Anticipated Income

ANTICIPATED INCOME

$1,395,000

$1,650,725

ACTUAL INCOME

$1,242,921

VARIANCE

($152,079)

PERCENT

89

ATTENDANCE Dec. 24 1,777 Dec. 27/28 412 Jan. 3/4 426 Jan. 10/11 470

GUMC Operating Budget Contributions and Worship Attendance

Worship attendance will be updated weekly. Thank you for your commitment to your pledges

and to the life and future of Grace Church.

Jan. 30 Men’s Forum Looks at “Living For Today” All men of Grace and the community are welcome to attend Fellow-ship of Christian Men’s Winter Forum on Friday, January 30, be-ginning with dinner at 6:00 p.m. in Room 254. Join Grace member and Franklin Sports Director of Sales Bob Pacanowski (pictured) and others in a meaningful discussion about how today’s men can “keep it all togeth-er” in the midst of work, family, and an ever-changing world. Invite your friends, neighbors, and co-workers! To RSVP or for further information, contact Bob Pacan-owski at 630-355-0804 or BPacanowski@franklinsports.com.

Sunday 18 8:15am-12:00pm-Sunday Worship-Sanctuary 9:30-10:45am-”Race Rela ons in America”-Fell. Hall 12:15-1:30pm-Youth Choir Rehearsal-Sanctuary 5:00-6:30pm-Youth Bell Ensemble Reh.-Sanctuary Monday 19 9:00-10am-Temple Builders-Ac vity Center 9:00-11am-UMW Quilters-Fireside Room 1:00-2:30pm-Sisters Bible Study-Room 254 2:00-6:45pm-WSEA Tutoring-Rooms 224-227, 232 3:00-4pm-Prayer Ministry-Chapel 7:00-8:30pm-Disciple I-Room 231 7:00-8:30pm-Chris an Believer-Fireside Room 7:00-8:30pm-Progressive Chris anity-Room 254 7:00-9pm-Board of Trustees-Conference Room 7:15-8:30pm-Scout Troop #555-Room 224, Fell. Hall Tuesday 20 8:30-9:30am-Moms in Prayer-Room 232 9:00am-1:00pm-UMW General Unit Mee ng-Fell. Hall 9:00am-1:00pm-PDO-lower level classrooms 9:15-11am-PDO Board Mee ng-Rooms 224, 225 2:00-6:45pm-WSEA Tutoring-Rooms 224-227, 232 6:00-8pm-Happy Feet Soccer-Ac vity Center 6:30-8:30pm-Priscilla Circle-Fireside Room 7:00-9pm-Church & Society Mee ng-Room 231 7:00-9pm-Stewardship and Finance-Room 254 7:00-9pm-Cancer Support Ministry-Chapel 7:15-8:45pm-Grace Praise Team Rehearsal-Sanctuary 7:30-8:30pm-Troop #555 Court of Honor-Room 224 7:30-9pm-Alanon-Room 232 Wednesday 21 9:00-10am-Temple Builders-Ac vity Center 9:00am-1:00pm-PDO-lower level classrooms 9:30-11am-Living the Ques ons-Room 254 10:00am-12:00pm-Rosa Mee ng-Room 224 2:00-6:45pm-WSEA Tutoring-Rooms 224-227, 232 4:00-5pm-Children’s Bell Ensemble Reh.-Room 160 5:00-6pm-Jr. Singers Rehearsal-Room 171 5:00-6pm-Angelus Choir Rehearsal-Room 231 5:00-6pm-Cherub Choir Rehearsal-Room 232 5:30-6:45pm-GYM Band-Room 234 7:00-8:15pm-Grace Bell Ensemble Reh.-Room 160 7:00-8:30pm-GYM-Room 233, 234, Ac vity Center 7:00-8:30pm-Covenant Bible Study-Fireside Room 7:15-8:30pm-New Life Singers Rehearsal-Room 161 Thursday 22 8:30-10:30am-District 203 Mee ng-Fellowship Hall 9:00am-1:00pm-PDO-lower level classrooms 9:30-11am-Jesus in the Gospels-Room 254 10:00am-2:00pm-Theological Study Group-Fireside Rm. 2:00-6:45pm-WSEA Tutoring-Rooms 224-227, 232 4:00-5pm-”Reel People” Movie Group-Fireside Room 5:00-7pm-Roscecrance Alumni-Room 231 7:30-9pm-Chancel Choir Rehearsal-Sanctuary 7:30-9pm-CoDA-Room 224 Friday 23 8:00-10am-HVAC Mee ng-Conference Room 9:00-10am-Temple Builders-Ac vity Center 9:00am-1:00pm-PDO-lower level classrooms 4:00-7:15pm-WSEA Tutoring-Room 225 Saturday 24 9:00am-12:00pm-WSEA Tutoring-Rooms 224-227, 232 1:00-3pm-Social Media 101-Room 231 4:00-9pm-Confirma on Lock-In-Fell. Hall, Sanc., Act. Ctr. 5:00-6pm-Saturday Evening Worship-Ac vity Center

Sunday 25 8:15am-12:00pm-Sunday Worship-Sanctuary Today is “CIN” Sunday - yum, follow your nose! 12:15-1:30pm-Youth Choir Rehearsal-Sanctuary 12:30pm-Luncheon and Benefit Concert for “Hope For

All - Rwanda”-Fellowship Hall 5:00-6:30pm-Youth Bell Ensemble Rehearsal-Sanctuary

CHILDREN/YOUTH CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

Nursery Care-8:15 am-12:00 pm: Infants-Room 130 Toddlers-Room 131 Children-9:30 am: 9:30-9:45am-K-5th gr. gathers in Fellowship Hall, or as posted Two’s (2 by Sep. 1, 2015)-Room 134 Preschool (3 or 4 by Sep. 1, 2015)-Room 137 Kindergarten-Room 122 1st Grade-Room 123 2nd Grade-Room 152 3rd Grade-Room 153 4th Grade-Room 154 5thGrade-Room 155 Children-11:00 am: “Gather Together” (age K-4th grade)-Begins in Sanctuary, moves to Chapel Youth-9:30 am: Jr. High-Grades 6-8-Room 233 Sr. High-Grades 9-12-Room 234 8th Grade Confirma on-Room 231

ADULT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION 9:30 am: Hearts On Fire-Room 250-”Race Rela ons in Ameri-ca,” Rev. Doug Bowden, in Fell. Hall; next Sunday: “Courageous Conversa ons About Race,” Pastor Tammy Sco in Room 254 Forum-Fireside Room-“Race Rela ons in America,” Rev. Doug Bowden, in Fellowship Hall today and in the Fireside Room January 25 and February 1 Questors-Room 254-”Race Rela ons in America,” Rev. Doug Bowden, in Fellowship Hall; next week: “Courageous Conversa ons About Race,” Pastor Tammy Sco New Connec ons-Room 227-”Race Rela ons in America,” Rev. Doug Bowden, in Fellowship Hall; next week: Study of “The Message of the Sermon on the Mount,” by John Sto Parent-to-Parent-Room 232-“This I Believe II” Confirma on Parents-Room 232 11:00am: OHM-Room 232-Faith and Reason DVD study: “The Jesus Fatwah: Love Your (Muslim) Neighbor As Yourself” New Member Classes– Contact Sharon Ferguson at 630-355-1748, ext. 3223

Grace in Mission is a Communica ons Ministry of:

Grace United Methodist Church 300 E. Gartner Road · Naperville, IL 60540 630-355-1748 · www.peopleofgrace.org

News for Grace in Mission must be received by Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. Please submit news

to Barb Ceru via e-mail at barbceru @peopleofgrace.org;

by phone at 630-355-1748, ext. 3240; or drop in the church office, ATTN: Barb

This Week’s CALENDAR

Grace Celebrates 125 Years This Year! The recognized start date of Grace United Methodist Church was April 20, 1890, when our congre-ga on began mee ng in Sco ’s Hall on what is currently the North Central College campus. To remind us of our past, Grace Historian Harold Workman has put together interes ng dbits of our history for each week. Be sure to watch the TV screen in the Narthex or the screen in the Sanctuary prior to 11:00 a.m. worship. North Central College Students: Apply For a Grace Founda on Scholarship! The Grace Church Founda on is again offering a $1,000 scholarship for the 2015-16 school year at North Central College. This scholarship could be matched by the Unit-ed Methodist Higher Educa on Founda on as part of its Dollars for Scholars program as well as by North Central College, for a total scholarship of $3,000. If you are a cur-rent NCC student (or plan to enroll for the fall semester) and a member of Grace UMC, you are eligible to apply for this scholarship. Applica on forms can be found at www.umhef.org. Your completed applica on, along with a cover le er describing your involvement in church and community service ac vi es, plus two le ers of ref-erence, must be placed in the Grace Church Founda on mailbox in the Stephen Min-istry lounge no later than February 19, 2015. Please contact Pastor Bob Atkins or Merle Clewe (630-585-7686) for further informa on. Need Help Ge ng a Job or Making a Career Change? Grace member and career networking expert Thatch Irwin is happy to offer his services free of charge to the members and friends of Grace. Contact him at rwin@wideopenwest.com or 630-961-3278, and get on the path to new employment horizons this year! Thank You To All Who Par cipated In Church-Wide Survey! We are pleased to an-nounce that there were more than 300 members and friends of Grace who par ci-pated in the church-wide assessment survey last month. This response surpassed our goal, and we are grateful to everyone who took the me to respond. About 40 church leaders (Staff-Parish, Church and NOW Councils, and staff) met with our con-sultant and District Superintendent Rev. Dick Wisdom to hear the results. The next steps are for Rev. Wisdom to take these results to the Bishop and Cabinet for their reflec on in selec ng our next senior pastor and for our Transi on Team to work with our consultant to create an Execu ve Summary of the survey to be presented at a town hall mee ng next month. —The Grace Transi on Team Save the Date! Our Grace Evangelism Ministry is hos ng a Hospitality and Apprecia-

on dinner on February 22, to which ushers and members of our coffee fellowship ministry, welcome table ministry , Grace Lights, St. Andrew’s ministry, Grace Guides, and Grace G.E.M.’s will be invited. Please save the date, and watch your e-mail!

For Your InformationFor Your Information

Announcements for the People of Grace January 17 and 18, 2015

Pastor Matthew Leads 11am Worship Beginning Today… Focusing on “Bright Ideas” January 18-February 15

“Cin” Sunday mission quilt tickets for sale today United Methodist Women’s “Cin” (cinnamon bun) Sunday is next Sunday, January 25. Follow your nose to the Ac vity Center, where Grace Quilters are today and next Sunday, selling ckets for UMW’s beau ful Cin Sunday Youth Mission Quilt, “Tulip Time.” Tickets are $5 for six ckets. All proceeds will benefit Grace’s Youth Summer Missions program. The quilt drawing will take place next Sunday at noon.

Grace in Mission This WeekGrace in Mission This Week HONORING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

“Race Relations in America” This Morning “Race Rela ons in America” is the mely subject of discussion among adult Sunday School classes this morning, January 18, 9:30 a.m. in Fellowship Hall, led by Rev. Doug Bowden, this discussion will draw from Dr. Mar n Luther King, Jr.’s “Le er From Bir-mingham Jail.” All adult Sunday School members and the en re congrega on are welcome to a end. “Race Rela ons in America” is also the subject of the Forum class discussion on January 25 and February 1, 9:30 a.m. in the Fireside Room. January 18, 9:30 a.m. - “Race Rela ons in America” (see above) January 18, 3:00-5:00 p.m. - Sinfonie a annual tribute to Dr. Mar n Luther King, Jr. at North Central College’s Wentz Hall in downtown Naperville. January 18, 5:00 p.m. - Rev. F. Willis Johnson, pastor of Wellspring UMC in Ferguson,

MO, will be the guest speaker at the Northern Illinois Conference’s MLK Day Celebra on at St. Mark’s UMC in Chicago. Please see Pastor Tammy Sco if you would like to carpool to this event. January 19, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Join Bishop Sally Dyck and members of the Northern Illinois Conference for a special screening of the Oscar-nominated

film “Selma” at Regal Cantera Stadium 17 in Warrenville, with discussion to follow. Reserve your spot directly with Rev. Michael Mann (mmann@umcnic.org; 847-931-0710, ext. 20), or contact Pastor Tammy Sco , and she will add your name to the group reserva on. January 23, 7:00 p.m. - MLK Week Keynote Speaker Cornel West at Pfeiffer Hall at North Central College. January 25, 9:30 a.m. - “Courageous Conversa ons About Race,” Pastor Tammy Sco , Room 254, in the Questors class. All are welcome.

Sign Up Today for “Feed the Need”! Sign-ups to par cipate in Feed My Starving Children’s 2015 “Feed the Need” MobilePack event next month at North Central College con nue today in the Ac vity Center and next Sunday, January 25. This year, the goal is to pack 800,000 meals in two days. UPDATE: the Sat-urday night session, February 14, has been filled and can no longer take addi onal volunteers. Come to the Ac vity Center today and see how you can get involved in this effort to feed hungry children across the en re world! For further informa on, contact Gay Craig at 630-961-2347 or gaygcraig@sbcglobal.net.

Cfofgju!dpodfsu!ofyu!Tvoebz"!See inside under “Beyond the Pew” for details

Confused? Attend Social Media 101 with Pastor Matthew on Saturday, January 24, 1:00-3:00pm in Room 231!